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<td class="v">10:1</td>
<td>Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.</td>
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<td class="v">10:2</td>
<td>A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.</td>
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<td class="v">10:3</td>
<td>Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.</td>
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<td class="v">10:4</td>
<td>If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.</td>
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<td class="v">10:5</td>
<td>There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:</td>
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<td class="v">10:6</td>
<td>Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.</td>
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<td class="v">10:7</td>
<td>I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.</td>
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<td class="v">10:8</td>
<td>He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.</td>
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<td class="v">10:9</td>
<td>Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.</td>
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<td class="v">10:10</td>
<td>If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.</td>
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<td class="v">10:11</td>
<td>Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.</td>
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<td class="v">10:12</td>
<td>The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.</td>
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<td class="v">10:13</td>
<td>The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.</td>
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<td class="v">10:14</td>
<td>A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?</td>
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<td class="v">10:15</td>
<td>The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.</td>
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<td class="v">10:16</td>
<td>Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!</td>
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<td class="v">10:17</td>
<td>Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!</td>
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<td class="v">10:18</td>
<td>By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.</td>
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<td class="v">10:19</td>
<td>A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.</td>
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<td class="v">10:20</td>
<td>Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.</td>
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